734 Fifth Avenue Corp. v. Kent-Costikyan, Inc.

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• recognizing that a state court may conditionally dismiss a state-court action when applying forum non coveniens to assure filing in the sister state
• holding trial court abused its discretion in denying motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens in FELA case where only connection to county in question was that plaintiff’s expert witness resided there
• reversing trial court's order denying preliminary objections for forum non conveniens to FELA complaint in Allegheny County by Kentucky resident; defendant agreed to waive statute of limitations
• a state may dismiss a case conditionally requiring the defendant to stipulate that he will accept service and will not plead the statute of limitations in the more convenient forum.
• a state may dismiss a case conditionally requiring the defendant to stipulate that he will accept service and will not plead the statute of limitations in the more convenient forum.
• same and reversing trial court’s denial of defendant’s preliminary objections based upon doctrine of forum non conveniens

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